The Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) is pleased to announce a pre-conference workshop to be held on Thursday, October 6th, 2005 between 1:30 and 5:00 p.m. in conjunction with the 15th Japanese and Korean Linguistics Conference to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This workshop aims to examine various methodological and analytic approaches concerning the use of authentic discourse data in the advanced language / linguistics classroom. The approaches discussed in the workshop include the followings:
-- cognitive grammar and language teaching / linguistic analysis
-- conversation analysis (CA) and language teaching / linguistic analysis
-- discourse markers and / or final particles
-- language and culture
-- sociolinguistic approaches to Japanese and/or Korean
After an overview of the common issues concerning the use of "authentic" data, we will separate into two groups, one involving Japanese language teachers and linguists and one involving Korean language teachers and linguists. Each language-specific session will begin with scholars in the areas of Japanese and Korean linguistics who will present their analyses and potential applications of selected discourse data excerpts into classroom practices on the basis of their individual areas of specialization. The Japanese session will be moderated by Prof. Junko Mori of University of Wisconsin at Madison / CALPER. The Korean session will be moderated by Prof. Susan Strauss, of Penn State University / CALPER. Following the demonstrations and synthesis, we will open the floor to a group discussion of the discourse data extracts. We will conclude by reconvening as group to exchange ideas regarding materials, analyses, and approaches that might be implemented in the Japanese and Korean classrooms.
If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please contact Professor Junko Mori <jmori@wisc.edu> (for Japanese) or Professor Susan Strauss <sgs9@psu.edu> (for Korean).